Improved trace-btjcklb



, To all whom it may concern:

` i suitable rings for belly-band, 85e.

utcnt @Milice ALFRED HENRY HOPSON, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.

, Lene/rs 'Patent No. 105,944, daten August 2, 1870.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters` Patent and making pnrt of the same. i

Be it known that LALFnnD HENRY HOPSON, of Taylorville, in the county of Christian and in the Stateof Illinois, have invented certainv new and useful Improvements in Trace-Buckles; and do hereby declare thatthe `following is'a full, clear, aud exact description thereof, reference being `had tothe accom` panyiug drawing and to the letters of reference 'marked thereon making a. part of this' specification;

. The nature of my invention consists in the construction .and arrangement of a trace-buckle, for

securing the trace to the llame-tug, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.`

In order-.to enable others .skilled iu the art to l which myiuvention appertains to'make anduse'the same, I will now proceed lto describe its construction and operation, referring to the anuexed drawing, which represcutsa-perspective view of my invention..

A represents the hante-tug, and

O `represents the buckle, by means oi' which the trace is Vattached tothe ham`e-tug. This buckle isl Imadev of the peculiar form shown in the drawing, with At the front end ofthe buckle is a box-like projection,D, having thre`e` sides inclosing the trace, as shown. l

A tongue, c, projects inward from thebox D, intoa hole in the trace. l i I The end of the haine-tug AV is provided with a square metal frame, I,.wl'xicl1oatches on the rear side ofthe boxD, which-has a groove in lwhich said frame fits, thus holding the trace rmly to the hame-tug.

j This can be unbuckled atA anytime withperfect ease.` Furthermore, it willbeseen that, by the pressure produced by thehame-tug against-the tongue of the buckle, together with the sides being guarded, the

perfectly safe without danger Ot' being trace is held injured. A

It desired, the frame I- may be attached to the box D. as a hinge, so that the haine-tug cannot get loose but be closed over. i g It will be seen that the buckle Gand thel box D, by their construction, -are just the width of' the leather; consequently a neatvnish is had in the construction of the trace., l i

By means of 'the loop I, which is attached to the haine-tug A, the trace is connected rmly to the tug, and the loop, encircling the buckle and fitting into the crosswise groove in the box, protects the buckle, and tightens' the connection between the parts.

This connection of the bail is very simple and secure, and, in disconnecting the tug and trace, it is only necessary to slide the tug A .toward the buckle a short distance, which causes the bail to assume a vertical position, releasing itself from the groove in the box,

and passing over.` the top thereof', thus allowing the' trace to pass through and become disengaged.

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming the metallic buckle, having a ,box aud'projection connected toa metal buckle. ,What I claim isend D, with lng a, in combination with the bail I, all

,unto set my hand this 25th day of December, 1869.

A. HLHOPSON.

Witnesses R. M; POWEL, I DAVID D; SHUMWAY.

The buckle-frame 0having theboxed and grooved` 

